The Most Consequential Wave of Creation in History | Mustafa Suleyman @TED #tedtalks #ted

From the very first microscopic organisms,  life on Earth stretches back billions of  

years. Over that time, life evolved and  diversified. Then a few million years ago,  

something began to shift. After countless  cycles of growth and adaptation, one of  

life’s branches began using tools, and that  branch grew into us. We went on to produce a  

mesmerizing variety of tools, at first slowly and  then with astonishing speed, we went from stone  

axes and fire to language, writing and eventually  industrial technologies. One invention unleashed  

a thousand more. And in time, we became "homo  technologicus." With the invention of computers,  

we quickly jumped from the first mainframes  and transistors to today's smartphones and  

virtual-reality headsets. Information, knowledge,  communication, computation. In this revolution,  

creation has exploded like never before. And now  a new wave is upon us. Artificial intelligence.  

These waves of history are clearly speeding up,  as each one is amplified and accelerated by the  

last. And if you look back, it's clear that we are  in the fastest and most consequential wave ever.